Lifeboat Station : Staithes and Runswick
Main Contact Details
Cowbar, Staithes, North Yorkshire
TS13 5BY
Telephone
(01947) 840001
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
David Porrit
Telephone
01947 840141
Station Opening Times
10am-4pm daily Don't miss: crew training - summer 6pm Mon, winter 10am Sun
Shop
Tel: 01947 840587
About this station
Over the last 140 years lifeboats have been stationed at both Staithes and Runswick and the crews have been presented with nine awards for gallantry. Today’s inshore lifeboat is located in the small fishing village of Staithes.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
21/08/2008
Cleethorpes - 17:2921/08/2008
Skegness - 14:0821/08/2008
Mablethorpe - 08:52
Last Launch
Launched this week
Busy day for Seahouses
06/08/2008
By: Ian Clayton
Humber Coastguard paged Seahouses lifeboat station last night after reports of two people trapped on Holy Island causeway.
Sunderland prepares for open day
06/08/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland lifeboat station will hold its annual open day on Sunday, 10 August, from 11am–4pm.
Official naming at Seahouses
08/07/2008
By: Alison Levett
Seahouses' new D class lifeboat will be officially named on Saturday.
Woman and dog rescued by Sunderland lifeboats
02/07/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland's lifeboats rescued a woman and her dog on Wednesday after they were cut off by the rising tide.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.